<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method --> <!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 11:43:16 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 199808011839.NAA06343@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 01bdbaa7$efd413c0$3e87ebcd@k6 --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00442.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00444.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00412.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00416.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00443">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00443">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00443">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 1 Aug 1998 14:39:58 -5</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On 28 Jul 98, quzah wrote: > > An extreme idea here, I was thinking along the lines of doing > something like: > > -- > *poof, you're in the game now, after having created your identity* > You are alone in a field, not knowing how you got here, or who you > really are. (It's really lame, but how else do you explain their > history in this setting.) > > The world is without form, and void -- er.. You start in a field, > and don't have anything. There are no towns. There are no cities, > no tools, nada. You are alone (until you find some players). Have > fun. > -- > > The idea here is, if you want a town, you have to build one. If you > want a tool, make it. :) The dawn of civilization. (gee that sounds > corny) Granted, it's an interesting idea to toy with, but who would > find it fun to play? Some would, but the public masses would hate > it. > > "Where's the town, where's the mud school, why don't I have any gold, > where is everyone, what do I do?" -- I can hear it now. > > -Q- Sounds similar to the start of Age of Empires, WarCraft or Civilization. Those games seem to have worked well. :) -- --/*\ Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD Internet:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com /*\-- --/*\ Mud Server Developer's Page <<A HREF="http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc">http://www.netcom.com/~jlsysinc</A>> /*\-- --/*\ "Everything that deceives may be said to enchant" - Plato /*\-- </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00412" HREF="msg00412.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> "quzah" <quzah#geocities,com></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00442.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: User inventions (was:killers have more...)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00444.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method (Was: Re: Wired Magazine...)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00412.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00416.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00443"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00443"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00411" HREF="msg00411.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, s001gmu <a href="mailto:s001gmu#nova,wright.edu">s001gmu#nova,wright.edu</a>, Wed 29 Jul 1998, 04:02 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00952" HREF="msg00952.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Sat 05 Sep 1998, 01:07 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00406" HREF="msg00406.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, S. Patrick Gallaty <a href="mailto:choke#sirius,com">choke#sirius,com</a>, Tue 28 Jul 1998, 23:57 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00412" HREF="msg00412.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, quzah <a href="mailto:quzah#geocities,com">quzah#geocities,com</a>, Wed 29 Jul 1998, 04:17 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00443" HREF="msg00443.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Sat 01 Aug 1998, 18:43 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00416" HREF="msg00416.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, Leach, Brad BA <a href="mailto:Leach.Brad.BA#bhp,com.au">Leach.Brad.BA#bhp,com.au</a>, Wed 29 Jul 1998, 07:01 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00427" HREF="msg00427.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, Robert Woods <a href="mailto:rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu">rwoods#nebula,honors.unr.edu</a>, Thu 30 Jul 1998, 02:03 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, Orion Henry <a href="mailto:orionz#ix,netcom.com">orionz#ix,netcom.com</a>, Thu 30 Jul 1998, 17:08 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00435" HREF="msg00435.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: Affordances and social method</A></strong>, Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Thu 30 Jul 1998, 19:58 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>